Soft-tread horseshoe.



No. 658,22I. Patented Sept. I8, |901). J. RILEY.

SOFT TREAD HORSESHOE.

(Application tiled Jl`11y 19, 1900.) (No Model.)

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Amm/frs i UNITED STATES PATENT FEICE'.

JOI-IN RILEY, FVNEW YORK, N. Y.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lea-ers Patent No. 658,221, dated september 1S, 1966.

Application inea my 1 e, 1900.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it vknown that I, JOHN RILEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Horseshoe, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip'- tion'. Y

This invention relates to improvements in horseshoes of the type in which a yielding. pad is employed; and an object is to provide a simple and novel means for securing the pad or rubber portion to the metal shoe or plate,

so that the pad will hold tightly in place until completely worn away.

I will describe a horseshoe embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a bottom plan view of a horseshoe embodying my invention. Fig.` 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, 10 ldesignates the metal portion of a shoe, substantially of the usual form; but preferably, as shown in Fig. 3, its upper surface, or that coming near the hoof, will be dished inward, so that the greater portion of the bearing Will be on the horn part of the hoof, and to render the bear-V ing quite easy on the hoof I preferably supply a covering l1, of yielding materiale-such, for instance, as canvas, this canvas, of course, coming between the shoe and the hoof.

Extended downward from the shoe portion 10 is a series of pillars l2. I have here'shown five of these pillars; but it is obvious that a greater or less number may be employed'. ,The pillars may be removably connected to the shoe 10 by means of screw-threaded connection, as indicated in Fig. 4, or they may be riveted or otherwise secured thereto. It may be best, however, to make them removable, so that new ones may be easily supplied when old ones are worn out. The pillars are longitudinally tapered, the larger diameter being at the lower end, and these pillars pass serai No. 24,172. on mada.)

ever, at the sides extends outward from thepad, and vin these outwardly-extended por'- tions arethe nail-holes 14, which are counter;

sunk to receive the heads of the nails.

As a further means for securing the padto the metal portion 10 the said metal portion is provided with openingsl, through which the rubber may be run While forming` the same v on a shoe. p v i By the construction shown and described as the pad portion is worn away the pillars will be correspondingly worn away, but owing to their tapered construction the pad will be prevented from disemgagement.4 Therefore the shoe may be used until the padand pil lars are entirely worn away,'and then a new pad with new pillars may be readily attached to the metal portion. l v

A shoe embodying my invention will be found comparatively light, yet strong and serviceable, and will prevent slipping on smooth surfaces.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. Ahorseshoe, comprising a metal portion, longitudinally-tapered pillars attached to said metal portion, and a pad `portion having tapered openings in which the pillars engage, the walls of said openings engaging at all points on the pillars, substantially as specified.

2. A horseshoe, comprising a metal portion,

tapered pillars attached to the shoe, and a pad engaging with said pillars and having portions extended through openings in the shoe, side portions of said shoe being extended outward from the pad and provided with nailholes, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN RILEY.

Witnesses: i

GEORGE A. SCHMITT, VALENTINE SCHMITT. 

